Create Self-Extractor

How to create a self-extractor: Creates a self-extracting executable containing the compressed contents of a directory tree. When the resultant EXE is run, the files are decompressed and the directory tree is re-created.

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Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip()

Dim success As Boolean

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
'  a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
'  passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
success = zip.NewZip("notUsed.zip")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



'  Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
'  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
'  object in memory.  It simply appends references
'  to the files so that when WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
'  or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
'  and added to the archive.
Dim recurse As Boolean
recurse = true
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)

'  Write "archive.exe"

success = zip.WriteExe("archive.exe")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


MsgBox("EXE Created!")